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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 205
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/06/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Can openers, Metal containers |
| PT STATES WHILE TRYING TO OPEN A CAN OF CAT FOOD DX LACERATION TO LFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Can openers |
| USING A BROKEN CAN OPENER AT HOME AND CUT HIS HAND. DX LACERATION LEFT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Can openers |
| CUT PALM ON A CAN OPENER LACERATION LEFT PALM 2 1/2 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Can openers |
| PT CUT HAND ON CAN OPENER AT HOME, NO OTHER PRODUCT MENTIONED IN REPORT DX:LAC TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Can openers |
| LEFT HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND ON A CAN OPENER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Can openers |
| CUT LEFT PALM ON A CAN OPENER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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